Dr. I. M. Muthanna was a noted Indian writer, scholar and translator; he wrote in English, Kannada and Kodava takk and studied history, folklore and international studies.[1][2] He was born in Kodagu into the Kodava (Coorg) community. He spent part of his later life in the US.
Some of the books that he wrote are listed below:
- A tiny model state of South India (in 1953)[3]
- Indo-Ethiopian relations for centuries (in 1961)[4]
- Muttaṇṇana kavanagaḷu (Kannada anthology in 1962)[5]
- History of Karnataka: history, administration & culture (in 1962)[6]
- General Cariappa: (the first Indian commander-in-chief) (in 1964)[7]
- The Coorg memoirs (the story of the Kodavas): Muthanna speaks out (in 1971),[8]
- General Thimmayya (former: Chief of Army Staff, India; Chairman, N.N.R.C., Korea; Commander, U.N. Forces, Cyprus) (in 1972),[9]
- People of India in North America (part one) (in 1975),
- Karnataka, history, administration & culture (in 1977)[10]
- Tipu Sultan x'rayed (in 1980),[11]
- People of India in North America (United States, Canada, W. Indies, & Fiji): immigration history of East-Indians up to 1960 (in 1982),[12]
- Koḍava Kannaḍa nighaṇṭu : Koḍava takk nighaṇṭ (Kodava-Kannada dictionary in 1983),
- Mother Besant and Mahatma Gandhi (in 1986),[13]
- Kodavas & their gala "lela": Kodava folklores & songs (in 1987)[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Amazon.co.uk". Amazon.co.uk. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "I. M. Muthanna". Open Library. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Muthanna, I. M. (7 August 2007). A tiny model state of South India – I. M. Muthanna – Google Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "Indo-Ethiopian Relations for Centuries, by I. M. Muthanna: Amazon.co.uk: I. M. Muthanna: Books". Amazon.co.uk. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Muthanna, I. M. (14 July 2006). History of Karnataka: history ... – I. M. Muthanna – Google Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "History of modern Karnataka / I.M. Muthanna | National Library of Australia". Catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Muthanna, I. M. (11 September 2007). General Cariappa: the first Indian ... – I. M. Muthanna – Google Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Muthanna, I. M. (27 October 2006). The Coorg memoirs (the story of the ... – I. M. Muthanna – Google Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Muthanna, I. M. (2 March 2007). General Thimmayya (former: Chief of ... – I. M. Muthanna – Google Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Muthanna, I. M. (31 October 2006). Karnataka, history, administration ... – I. M. Muthanna – Google Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Muthanna, I. M. (12 July 2006). Tipu Sultan x'rayed – I. M. Muthanna – Google Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Muthanna, I. M. (4 November 2006). People of India in North American ... – I. M. Muthanna – Google Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Muthanna, I. M. (30 November 2006). Mother Besant and Mahatma Gandhi – I. M. Muthanna – Google Books. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ I. M. Muthanna. "Kodavas & their gala "lela"". Open Library. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
Main sources
[edit]- Jagathigonde Kodagu, by K P Muththanna, 1969.
- Kodavas, by B D Ganapathy, 1980.
- A study of the Origin of Coorgs, by Lt Col K C Ponnappa (Rtd), 1999.